Leichhardt Highway
| Leichhardt Highway Queensland | |
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| Leichhardt Highway (green on black) | |
| General information | |
| Type | Highway |
| Length | 577 km (359 mi) |
| Route number(s) |
 A5Westwood - Goondiwindi North   National Highway A39 / State Route 85Goondiwindi North - Goondiwindi |
| Former route number |
 National Highway 39 National Route 39 |
| Major junctions | |
| North end |
 Capricorn Highway (A4), 7km south of Westwood, Queensland |
 Burnett Highway (A3) Dawson Highway (State Route 60) Warrego Highway (National Highway A2) Moonie Highway Gore Highway (National Highway A39 / State Route 85) Cunningham Highway (National Route 42) | |
| South end |
 Newell Highway (A39) / Barwon Highway (State Route 85), Goondiwindi, Queensland NSW/Qld Border |
| Location(s) | |
| Major settlements | Dululu, Banana, Theodore, Taroom, Wandoan, Guluguba, Miles, Moonie |
| Highway system | |
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Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in Queensland | |
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The Leichhardt Highway is a major transport route in Queensland, Australia. It is a continuation northward from Goondiwindi of the Newell Highway.[1]
It runs northward from Goondiwindi for nearly 600 kilometres until its termination at the Capricorn Highway near the small town of Westwood.[2]
It is named after Prussian explorer Ludwig Leichhardt who travelled a route in the 19th Century that roughly parallels today's highway.
List of towns along the Leichhardt Highway
Travelling from south to north:
Gallery
Leichhardt Highway, looking south from Guluguba Cafe, 2014
See also
References
- ↑ Queensland Government - Department of Transport and Main Roads - Maps
- ↑ Hema, Maps (2007). Australia Road and 4WD Atlas (Map). Eight Mile Plains Queensland: Hema Maps. pp. 8/11. ISBN 978-1-86500-456-3.
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